SOSC awards $37K for college scholarships

(Left to right) Leigh Weidman, Sheppard Officers' Spouses Club president and Trish Berube, SOSC 2nd vice president, stand with scholarship recipients Abigail Skipworth, Lisa Prakash (mother of Sora Prakash), Cassiel Dillard, Megan Tideman, Jessica Byrd, Ashley Sissel, Zack McMurry, Marci Cantrell (mother of Brittany Walkingstick), Caleb Brumley and Robert Brumley III during the SOSC's Scholarship Dinner May 11, 2013. The SOSC awarded 11 recipients $37,000 for college scholarships during the dinner at the Sheppard Club. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)

Women's History Month Awareness 5K race

Brig. Gen. Michael Fantini (center), 82nd Training Wing commander, runs during the Women's History Month Awareness 5K race at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, March 5, 2013. Capt. Trish Cassidy, 82nd TRW Protocol and Senior Airman Eric Florance, 82nd Contracting Squadron, were the winners of the race. (U.S. Air Force photo/Joshua Felton)

Comanche Nation Cultural Exchange

Tina Emhoolah and her granddaughter, Madison, taught Airmen and Family Readiness Center audience members "The Hiding Game," as part of a Comanche Tribal presentation at Sheppard Air Force Base Jan 24., 2013. As part of a cultural exchange, the Emhoolahs shared their tribal history, games, artifacts and family military heritage on behalf of the Comanche Nation Cultural Center, which is located 50 miles north in Lawton, OKla. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Debi Smith)

Comanche Nation Cultural Exchange

The Sheppard Air Force Base Airmen and Family Readiness Center sponsored a Comanche Tribal presentation from the Comanche Nation Cultural Center in Lawton, Okla. Jan 24, 2013. Tina Emhoolah was excited to share her Native American heritage and artifacts with a military audience as she herself grew up as an "Army brat" and married a Marine Corps soldier. The Comanche tribe is one of 566 federally recognized tribal groups in the nation and one of seven in the southwestern Okla. Region. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Debi Smith)

New family fitness course open to everyone

The new Sheppard Air Force Base Par Course officially opened in Nov., 2012. The fitness course is designed with families in mind. (U.S. Air Force photo/Frank Carter)

Sheppard student pilots participate in "Wreaths Across America Ceremony"

Capt Ryan Yingling lays a wreath while 2Lt Scott Neidrick salutes during a wreath laying ceremony on Dec. 15 at the Eastview Cemetery in Vernon, Tx. The event was part of "Wreaths Across America Ceremony," a national campaign to honor those who serve and remember the fallen heroes. (Courtesy Photo).